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The bad ship Beejapore brought 967 government-sponsored emigrants from Scotland to Australia in 1852-3, including about 240 Paisley weavers. Half of the adults were said to hail from the Isle of Skye (Source: ?). The passengers included 342 children; 56 passengers died en route, mostly of measles, 55 of them children (including newborn infants) and one a teenager. The makeup of the passengers w...